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When Noah finished building the ark, God said to him, “Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.” God instructed Noah to take with him his family, along with pairs of every clean and unclean animal and every kind of bird. When Noah obeyed and entered the ark with his family and the animals, God Himself shut the door of the ark. As God had declared, the flood came seven days later. This occurred in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month. The fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. The waters rose and lifted the ark high above the ground, and it floated on the surface of the water. Eventually, the waters covered even the highest mountains.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A19-20&version=NIV |title=Genesis 7:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Every living creature that moved on the land—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind—perished, except for Noah’s family of eight (Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives) and the animals that were in the ark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2007&version=NIV|title=Genesis 7~~|확인date=~~}}</ref><br>

Rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. The waters rose and lifted the ark high above the ground, and it floated on the surface of the water. Eventually, the waters covered even the highest mountains.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A19-20&version=NIV |title=Genesis 7:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Every living creature that moved on the land—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind—perished, except for Noah’s family of eight (Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives) and the animals that were in the ark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2007&version=NIV|title=Genesis 7}}</ref><br>

===God’s Covenant===

[[File:Mount Ararat, Masis.jpg|thumb| 250px |Mount Ararat in Turkey (elevation 5,137 m), Beko, 2016: It is traditionally regarded as the place where the ark rested.]]

[[file:NoahsSacrifice.JPG |thumb| 오른쪽 | 250px |''Noah’s Sacrifice'', Daniel Maclise, 1847–1853: Noah offers a burnt sacrifice to God, and the rainbow appears as the sign of the covenant.]]

After forty days the rain ceased, but the waters still covered the earth. God remembered Noah and all the living creatures in the ark, and He sent a wind over the earth so that the waters began to recede. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month—150 days after the flood began—the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to diminish, and on the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. In the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried from the earth’s surface. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was completely dry. God then commanded Noah to bring his family and all the animals out of the ark. Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of the clean animals and clean birds, offered [[Sacrifices in the Old Testament|burnt offerings]].<ref name="">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2008&version=NIV|title=Genesis 8~~|확인date=~~}}</ref> The LORD accepted the sacrifice and blessed Noah and his family, commanding them to be fruitful, increase in number, and fill the earth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A1&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:1 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

After forty days the rain ceased, but the waters still covered the earth. God remembered Noah and all the living creatures in the ark, and He sent a wind over the earth so that the waters began to recede. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month—150 days after the flood began—the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to diminish, and on the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. In the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried from the earth’s surface. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was completely dry. God then commanded Noah to bring his family and all the animals out of the ark. Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of the clean animals and clean birds, offered [[Sacrifices in the Old Testament|burnt offerings]].<ref name="">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2008&version=NIV|title=Genesis 8}}</ref> The LORD accepted the sacrifice and blessed Noah and his family, commanding them to be fruitful, increase in number, and fill the earth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A1&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:1 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

In Eden, God had given humanity plants and fruits for food, but after the flood He permitted them to eat living creatures as well.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A3&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:3 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> God also promised never again to destroy all life with a flood, and as a sign of this covenant He set the rainbow in the clouds.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A11-13&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:11–13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>

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 When Noah finished building the ark, God said to him, “Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.” God instructed Noah to take with him his family, along with pairs of every clean and unclean animal and every kind of bird. When Noah obeyed and entered the ark with his family and the animals, God Himself shut the door of the ark. As God had declared, the flood came seven days later. This occurred in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month. The fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
-Rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. The waters rose and lifted the ark high above the ground, and it floated on the surface of the water. Eventually, the waters covered even the highest mountains.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A19-20&version=NIV |title=Genesis 7:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Every living creature that moved on the land—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind—perished, except for Noah’s family of eight (Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives) and the animals that were in the ark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2007&version=NIV|title=Genesis 7|확인date=}}</ref><br>
+Rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. The waters rose and lifted the ark high above the ground, and it floated on the surface of the water. Eventually, the waters covered even the highest mountains.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A19-20&version=NIV |title=Genesis 7:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Every living creature that moved on the land—birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind—perished, except for Noah’s family of eight (Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives) and the animals that were in the ark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2007&version=NIV|title=Genesis 7}}</ref><br>
 ===God’s Covenant===
 [[File:Mount Ararat, Masis.jpg|thumb| 250px |Mount Ararat in Turkey (elevation 5,137 m), Beko, 2016: It is traditionally regarded as the place where the ark rested.]]
 [[file:NoahsSacrifice.JPG |thumb| 오른쪽 | 250px |''Noah’s Sacrifice'', Daniel Maclise, 1847–1853: Noah offers a burnt sacrifice to God, and the rainbow appears as the sign of the covenant.]]
-After forty days the rain ceased, but the waters still covered the earth. God remembered Noah and all the living creatures in the ark, and He sent a wind over the earth so that the waters began to recede. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month—150 days after the flood began—the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to diminish, and on the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. In the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried from the earth’s surface. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was completely dry. God then commanded Noah to bring his family and all the animals out of the ark. Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of the clean animals and clean birds, offered [[Sacrifices in the Old Testament|burnt offerings]].<ref name="">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2008&version=NIV|title=Genesis 8|확인date=}}</ref> The LORD accepted the sacrifice and blessed Noah and his family, commanding them to be fruitful, increase in number, and fill the earth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A1&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:1 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>
+After forty days the rain ceased, but the waters still covered the earth. God remembered Noah and all the living creatures in the ark, and He sent a wind over the earth so that the waters began to recede. On the seventeenth day of the seventh month—150 days after the flood began—the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to diminish, and on the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. In the six hundred and first year of Noah’s life, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried from the earth’s surface. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was completely dry. God then commanded Noah to bring his family and all the animals out of the ark. Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of the clean animals and clean birds, offered [[Sacrifices in the Old Testament|burnt offerings]].<ref name="">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2008&version=NIV|title=Genesis 8}}</ref> The LORD accepted the sacrifice and blessed Noah and his family, commanding them to be fruitful, increase in number, and fill the earth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A1&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:1 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>
 In Eden, God had given humanity plants and fruits for food, but after the flood He permitted them to eat living creatures as well.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A3&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:3 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> God also promised never again to destroy all life with a flood, and as a sign of this covenant He set the rainbow in the clouds.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A11-13&version=NIV |title=Genesis 9:11–13 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>